Unit 5单元小练-2024-2025学年沪教牛津版八年级英语下册

Unit 5 单元小测

一.  语法选择

阅读下面短文，按照句子结构的语法性和上下文连贯的要求，从 1 ～ 15 各题所给的 A、B、C 和 D 项中选出最佳选项。

 Unique to the forests of south and southeast Asia, the Vietnamese mouse -deer is very hard to capture. The rabbit-sized animal ____1____ to science through researchers' texts. ____2____ 1990, there have been no record of the animals, leading many to fear they had died out. Now, thanks ____3____the efforts of a team led by scientist Andrew Tilker. The mouse-deer has ___4_____ been rediscovered but also captured on video in the wild for the first time! “It's ___5_____ really cool species, and they are still around,” says Tilker.

 The deer-like animal is the ____6____ member of the hoofed（有蹄的）family. They includes deer, giraffes, sheep, and many ____7____. They live alone, or in pairs, and have a special silver shine on ____8____ backs, along with sharp teeth. Scientists believe the long and sharp teeth in males are used ____9____ for land and mates.

 Tilker and An Nguyen, another scientist, set ____10____ camera traps （相机陷阱）in three different Vietnamese provinces. “There ___11_____ recent mouse-deer signs in those province.”  they said. To their surprise and joy, over the course of two six-month study periods in 2017 and 2018, they ___12_____ 200 pictures of the animal at 15 different places. It was very exciting ____13____them to get those valuable photos.

“The rediscovery of Vietnamese mouse-deer provides big hope for the protection of biodiversity （生物多样性），___14_____ endangered species,” said Hoang Minh Duc, head of the Southern Institute of Ecology's Department of Zoology. “This ___15_____ encourages us, together with other international partners, to devote time and effort to further protection of Vietnam's biodiversity.”

(     ) 1.	was known	know	C. knew	is known
(     ) 2.	Before	For	C. Since	D. After
(     ) 3.	for	B. to	C. as	D. towards
(     ) 4.	neither	B. not only	C. both	D. as well as
(     ) 5.	a	the	C.an	D.\
(     ) 6.	small	the smallest	C. smaller	D. the smaller
(     ) 7.	other	B. the other	others	D. another

(     ) 8.	theirs	them	C. they	their
(     ) 9.	fighting	fight	to fight	To fighting
(     ) 10.	up	off	out	back
(     ) 11.	have	are	C. is	D. has
(     ) 12.	are capturing	capture	captured	will capture
(     ) 13.	got	getting	C. get	D.  to get
(     ) 14.	especial	especially	more especially	more especial
(     ) 15.	too	B. also	C. as well	D. either

 

二、完形填空 (共 10 小题：每小题1分，满分10 分)

阅读下面短文，掌握其大意，然后从 16~25 各题所给的A、B、C和 D项中，选出最佳选项。

Every year the King took a trip through his kingdom to inspect his land, to hunt, to train his troops.

The King had a ___16_____called Yang Youchi who is very famous for his archery(剑术). During the great hunt, all the wild animals ran here and there in panic, but nowhere was ___17_____ from the arrows of the general.

On the plain was a huge old tree. As they passed, the soldiers heard a noise. They saw an ape in the branches above their heads. It jumped up and down ___18_____, laughing at the hunting soldiers. It threw a nut at them.

As an archer shot his arrow, the ape dodged(闪躲).He shot another arrow, and this time the ape ___19_____ the arrow out of the air! Then it broke it in two.

Now the soldiers were mad. They shot arrows at it, but the ape was so clever and quick that it caught their arrows in midair and mocked them even more.

The King ordered General Yang to go shoot down that smart ape.

As soon as General Yang rode toward the tree, the ape began to ___20_____. Tears rolled down its face, and it sobbed and howled very ___21_____.

The King asked, "Why is the ape doing that?"

Yang Youchi answered, "It must know that my arrows never ___22_____, so no matter how cunning it may be, it must die now, at your highness' command."

The King hung his ___23_____ in thought. How sad the ape was! All the other animals must be suffering, too. He told General Yang to___24_____ his weapons, and stopped the hunt.

When he returned to his capital, all the people there found out that the King had been moved by an ape's tears. The people of Chu were all very ___25_____ to have such a kind and loving King, so they worked very hard for their country, and from then on, Chu was strong and powerful for hundreds of years.

(     ) 16.	A. general	B. partner	C. soldier	D. slave
(     ) 17.	dangerous	B. safe	C. relaxing	D. easy
(     ) 18.	quickly	B.disrespectfully	C. politely	D. patiently
(     ) 19.	A. stole	B. bit	C.caught	D. threw
(     ) 20.	smile	speak	C.cry	D. hide
(     ) 21.	noisily	B. angrily	C. happily	D. pitifully
(     ) 22.	succeed	B. fail	C.miss	D. happen
(     ) 23.	arm	B. hand	C.head	D. leg
(     ) 24.	put off	B. put away	C. put out	D. put on
(     ) 25.	worried	B.happy	C. bored	D. sad

三、阅读 (共二节，满分 15 分)

第一节 阅读理解 (共 5 小题：每小题 2 分，满分 10 分)

Whale Shark - The World's Biggest Fish

Whale Sharks Are the Biggest Fish in the World

While they’re known as whale sharks, these incredible animals are actually the world’s largest fish.Whale sharks can grow up to almost 60 feet in length. These huge animals weigh over 30,000 pounds — about the same as a city bus. Because of their massive size, whale sharks are slow swimmers, reaching top speeds just over 3 miles per hour.

They Live in Tropical and Warm Temperate Seas

In addition to being large in size, whale sharks are widely distributed. Whale sharks are comfortable in deep and shallow coastal environments.They prefer water temperatures of at least 70 degrees Fahrenheit. 

Their Pups Are Born Live

Like many sharks, whale sharks give birth to live pups rather than laying eggs. In fact, whale sharks are said to be ovoviviparous(卵胎生的), meaning they can carry about 300 embryos at a time — with each at a different stage of development. Pups are between 16 and 24 inches long at birth, but,